We need to develop a set of indicators to use for our research purposes. Note some of the examples below. Click on each to exam the source.



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source: http://school.edturtle.co.uk/inequality.htm

What exactly would you look at to determine something like Political Stability? How would you rate it? 1-10? Some other scale?

Look over this list of indicators

  • National Income (GDP/GNP)
  • Distribution of Income (see also Relative Poverty )
  • Number of doctors per head of the population
  • Number of televisions per head of the population
  • Absolute Poverty
  • Relative Poverty
  • Literacy Rates
  • Disease Indicators - AIDS, per head of the population, malaria, etc.
  • Demographic Indicators - population growth, urban/rural population figures and mortality rates, life expectancy, etc.
  • Education - Primary school enrolment, secondary school enrolment, proportion of the population attending university, etc.
  • Human Development Index

Task: Human Development Index

Answer the following questions through research:

1. What is the Human Development Index?

2. How is it measured?

3. Name the top 3 countries based on this index.

4. Which countries top the individual measurements that make up the HDI?
Take each of the indices that make up the HDI ( there are 3) which country is at the top of each?

Resource:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xIbkPPkuKno